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There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.
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inspirational-quotes
life-lessons
robert-foster
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Judith McNaught |
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You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don't play at all. and if u don't play u can't win.
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daring
inspirational
taking-risks
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Judith McNaught |
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If you would take one step forward, darling, you could cry in my arms. And while you do, I'll tell you how sorry I am for everything I've done -" Unable to wait, Ian caught her, pulling her tightly against him. "And when I'm finished," he whispered hoarsely as she wrapped her arms around him and wept brokenly, "you can help me find a way to forgive myself." Tortured by her tears, he clasped her tighter and rubbed his jaw against her temple,..
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Judith McNaught |
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The groom always smiles proudly because he's convinced he's accomplished something quite wonderful. The bride smiles because she's been able to convince him of it.
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groom
wedding
smile
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Judith McNaught |
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You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality
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Judith McNaught |
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A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.
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Judith McNaught |
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Some people feel love in their hearts, Julie. Some of us feel it all way into our souls. We're the ones who can't forget.
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love
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Judith McNaught |
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21a6b7f
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Listen carefully to me, darling, because I'm giving you fair warning that I won't let you do this to us. You gave me your love, and I will not let you take it away. The harder you try, the harder I'll fight you. I'll haunt your dreams at night, exactly the way you have haunted mine every night I was away from you. You'll lie awake in bed at night, wanting me, and you'll know I'm lying awake wanting you. And when you can't stand it anymore y..
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Judith McNaught |
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Some women need no jewels to make them sparkle. You are one of them. -Royce Westmoreland
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Judith McNaught |
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You are mad!" she snapped, her chest heaving. "And you are a devil!" "And you, my dear," Royce imperturbably replied, "are a bitch." With that, he turned to the horrified friar and unhesitatingly announced, "The lady and I wish to be wed."
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compassion
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Judith McNaught |
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49f8aa8
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He will love only once - but it will be for always.
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love
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Judith McNaught |
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Either give me your hand, or end it now, and put us both out of our misery
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love-story
heartbreak
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Judith McNaught |
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Missing you?" she giggled incredulously. "I could cheerfully murder you." "I'd come back to haunt you," he threatened with a grin. "And that," she said, "is the only reason why I haven't tried."
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Judith McNaught |
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If you'll kiss me back," he whispered huskily, brushing his lips along the curve of her jaw, "I'll make it six million. If you'll go to bed with me tonight," he continued, losing himself in the scent of her perfume and the softness of her skin, "I'll give you the world. But if you'll move in with me," he continued, dragging his mouth across her cheek to the corner of her lips, "I'll do much better than that." Unable to turn her face farther..
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Judith McNaught |
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Why is it when you yield, I feel like the one who has been conquered?" -Royce Westmoreland"
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yield
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Judith McNaught |
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Because," he said quietly as she stood up, "until you walked into it, this was an ordinary garden." Puzzled, Elizabeth tipped her head. "What is it now?" "Heaven."
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judith-mcnaught
elizabeth
ian
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Judith McNaught |
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I've hurt you terribly my love, and I'll hunt you again during the next fifty years. And you are going to hurt me, Ian-never I hope as much as you are hurting me now. But if that's the way it has to be, then I'll endure it, because the only alternative is to live without you, and that is no life at all. And the difference is that I know it, and you don't... not yet...
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Judith McNaught |
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People who talk less frequently notice more.
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Judith McNaught |
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I love life, even when bad things happen to me. I can't stop loving it. Every season of the year comes with a promise that something wonderful is going to happen to me someday.
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oh-romance
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Judith McNaught |
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6e91eca
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I used to be ashamed And now I am proud. The world once was black And now it is bright. I used to walk head bent And now I stand up tall. I used to have dreams But now I have hope.
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Judith McNaught |
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Ian saw the tears shimmering in her magnificent eyes and one of them traced unheeded down her smooth cheek. With a raw ache in his voice he said, "If you would take one step forward, darling, you could cry in my arms. And while you do, I'll tell you how sorry I am for everything I've done - " Unable to wait, Ian caught her, pulling her tightly against him. "And when I'm finished," he whispered hoarsely as she wrapped her arms around him and..
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Judith McNaught |
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What are you looking at?" Jordan demanded finally, watching her. "A dragon." When he looked bewildered she lifted her arm and pointed to the sky in the southeast. "Right there--that cloud--what do you see when you look at it?" "A fat cloud." Alexandra rolled her eyes at him. "What else do you see?" He was quiet for a moment studying the sky. "Five more fat clouds and three thin ones."
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judith-mcnaught
something-wonderful
jordan
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Judith McNaught |
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It isn't what you say that counts, it's what you don't say.
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Judith McNaught |
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It was a kingdom of dreams -- a place where things would be just the way I wanted them to be.
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Clayton," she said softly, her voice threaded with tears, "when Vanessa asked about my accomplishments tonight, I forgot to mention that I do have one. And it's--it's so splendid that it compensates for my lack of all the others." Stephen and Clayton grinned at each other, neither of them hearing the emotion that clogged her voice. "What splendid accomplishments is that, little one?" Clayton asked. Her shoulders hunched forward and began to..
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With his current mood, Elizabeth realized, she was going to have to make her own opening. Lifting her eyes to his enigmatic golden ones, she said quietly, "Ian, have you ever wanted something very badly-something that was within your grasp-and yet you were afraid to reach out for it?" Surprised by her grave question and her use of his name, Ian tried to ignore the jealousy that had been eating at him all night. "No," he said, scrupulously..
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love
elizabeth
ian
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Judith McNaught |
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Reformed rakes often make the best husbands.
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rake
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Judith McNaught |
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An answering smile drifted across his tanned face. "What is mine, I intend to keep."
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held-back
shed
tears
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Judith McNaught |
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Behold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What service you render her, you are rendering me. What loyalty you give or withhold from her, you give or withhold from me!" -Royce Westmoreland"
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render
mistress
loyalty
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Judith McNaught |
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If I ever think you are even considering leaving me again, no matter how good you reasons, I'll have you locked in your rooms and the doors barricaded, so help me God." He lifted her foot and began to dry it. Her voice shaking, Whitney asked, "Will you stay locked in there with me?" He raised her dainty foot to his jaw and tenderly laid his cheek against it, then turned his head and kissed it. "Yes," he whispered. -Clayton Westmoreland"
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Judith McNaught |
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Royce understood then why she had come: she had come to finish the task her relatives had begun; to do to him what he had done to her brother. Unmoving, he watched her, noting that tears were pouring down her beautiful face as she slowly bent down. But instead of reaching for his lance or her dagger, she took his hand between both of hers and pressed her lips to it. Through his daze of pain and confusion, Royce finally understood that she w..
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jenny
roycesweetiepie
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Judith McNaught |
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Biting her lip to stop her chin from quivering, Alexandra raised her eyes to his. "I think," she whispered, trying to smile, "I shall wear the ruby on Queen's Race day, so that when I tie my ribbon on your sleeve--" With a groan, Jordan pulled her into his arms. "Now that you've said all those other things," she whispered when he finally lifted his lips from hers several minutes later, "do you think you could possibly say 'I love you'? I'..
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judith-mcnaught
something-wonderful
jordan
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Judith McNaught |
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ec26bef
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What were you thinking about just now while you were looking out the window?" To his surprise, the question flustered her. "I--wasn't thinking." "Then what were you doing?" he asked, his curiosity aroused. A rueful smile touched her inviting lips, and she shot him a sideways look before turning back to the window. "I was... talking to God," she admitted. "'Tis a habit I have." Startled and slightly amused, Royce said, "Really? What did God..
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Judith McNaught |
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Childhood romances always seem so real, so enduring, when we are separated from the object of our affection. But usually, when we return, we find that our dreams and memories quiet surpassed reality. -Lady Anne, Whitney's aunt
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Judith McNaught |
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Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that he speak to her, Jon cast about for some sort of polite conversation pertinent to the occasion. "I hate funerals, don't you?" He said. "I rather like them," she said smugly. "At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor."
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Judith McNaught |
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After all, it's not every day a woman is given a kingdom of dreams.
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woman
given
kingdom
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Judith McNaught |
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We all do foolish things when we are in love. Don't we, your grace?
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Judith McNaught |
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Sometimes it just happens - to the wrong people at the wrong time.
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Judith McNaught |
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Feeling a little foolish over her confidences, Elizabeth glanced up at him with an embarrassed smile. "What is the most beautiful place you've ever seen?" Dragging his gaze from the beauty of the gardens, Ian looked down at the beauty beside him. "Any place," he said huskily, "where you are."
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elizabeth
ian
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Judith McNaught |
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Did she really tell Roddy Carstairs she could outshoot him with his own pistol?" "No," Jason said dryly. "She told him that if he made one more improper advance to her, she would shoot him- and if she missed, she would turn Wolf loose on him. And if Wolf didn't finish the job, she had every faith I would." Jason chuckled and shook his head. "It's the first time I've been nominated for the role of hero. I was a little crushed, however, to be..
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Judith McNaught |
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Elizabeth's entire body started to tremble as his lips began descending to hers. and she sought to forestall what her heart knew was inevitable by reasoning with him. "A gently bred Englishwoman," she shakily quoted Lucinda's lecture. "feels nothing stronger than affection. We do not fall in love." His warm lips covered hers. "I'm a Scot," he murmured huskily. "We do."
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judith-mcnaught
elizabeth
ian
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Judith McNaught |
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I want more from life than that and I have more to give.
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Judith McNaught |
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I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.
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Judith McNaught |
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Whitney: Where is your home? Clayton: Wherever you are.
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Judith McNaught |